Improvement in tree and plant-protectors



"lintedgiedre aan entre.

n. vR'PRINDLE, on F'Asr BETHANY, NEW YORK.

Leners 'Patent No. 107,960, (1aed october 4,18%0.

IMPROVEMENT INTREE 'AND PLANT-Pao'rscrons.

The Bchednle referred to in` these Letters Pa'tent and making part 0f the B am- To all whom it may concern:

B e it known'that'LtD. It. PRINDLE, of East Bethany, in the lcounty of Genesee and State of New York,

have invented an Improved Tree, Shrub, and Plant- Protector; and I do hereby declare that the following `is afullfand exact description thereof, reference being had `to, the accompanying drawing making part of this` specificationl Figure 1 being a\view,.in perspective, of' the invention. y Figure 2,'a horizontal thereoffas applied toa tree.-

Figure 3, a View, in perspective, of the same, as applied toatree.

Like letters designate corresponding partsin all 'of the gures.- v, Y

., My invention consists in a thin flexible sheet or strip of wood, having-the desired length andany convenientbreadth, so thatone or more will bend into cylindrical form, land reach round a tree, shrub, or

plant, on whichuit is fastened by strings, Wires, or the.V

equivalent'thereof, for the purpose of protecting the tree or shrub from 'injury by animals, insects, tlie suns l1eat,or by accident otherwise, the application and arrangement being substantially as follows z Y The material is wood,V out in thin sheets or strips,

' selecting bass-Wood, poplar, or' some other woodthat willreasily cutfinto strips, and will bend readily with# out splitting. This material is very cheap and suita-V ble, and, since I generally cover Orsaturatethe same with oil, coal-tar, or other preservative substance, itis 1.a snciently durable material. The preservative substance may alsoserve to 4make the woodfflexible.

The strips 'A are to be of dileifent lengths, vaccording `to circumstances, and cut in such widths as con- -ven ient, sinceA a single strip maybe wide enough togo around-the tree, as in fig. 3, or two may serve to reach,

' as in fig. 2, and even more might be used, it' neccssary. In length, also, one or more may be used.

shrub C, as indicated in figs. 2 and 3, so as to entirely surround the same. l rlhey are' then secured in place by strings a a, or their equivalent.

These strings are simply inserted through holes I) b in the strips, as indicated, andthey are tied' in knots.

Thestrips fit more or less `loosely round the tree, and yield as the tree grows; and when, atl any time, they get taut, by the' expansion from the trees growth,

the strings are readily let out. .Thus the article furnishes a complete protector, wherever applied, against the gnawing of animals, as sheep, goats', rabbits, and

mice,*as weil as against the ravagesof insects, and

against the injury which may happen fromthe heat ofthe sun, andother cause or accident. AAt'the same time it is cheap, convenient, and does Anot endanger thelife and growth ofthe-tree.

What I clani as my invention, and desirev tofsecure byLetters Patent, is.- I As Aa new article of manufacture, a tree or plantprotector, A, constructed of one or more thin, flexible sheets or shavings out from wood, andA saturated o r prepared with an application of petroleum, or its equivalent, or not, as may be desired, substantially as herein specified auditiescribed.A

'lhe above specication of my improved tree and plant-protector signed by me this 22d day of March, 1869.

y D. a. rnmnnn. "Witnesses GHAs. SPRAGUE,

1)..R. PRLNDLE, Jr.

.'lhey are to be bent around the bodyv of the tree or' 

